We go from anticipation to anticipation, not from satisfaction to satisfaction. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The excitement of anticipation was *almost* equal to the thrill of lovemaking ... — John Irving Copy Share Image
Perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
“She didn't know if this excitement was fueled by her ambition to find out something that nobody else knew. Or by the… — Antonia Michaelis Copy Share Image
“I want to live today in anticipation of what you will do next instead of constantly complaining about what isn't pristine in… — Mary E. DeMuth Copy Share Image
He who anticipates his century is generally persecuted when living, and always pilfered when dead. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Troubles impending always seem worse than troubles surmounted, but this does not prove that they really are. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
There's no question that positive thinking has a place in business. [...just as it has in the the rest of a happy,… — David Mason Copy Share Image
There are many things that are thorns to our hopes until we have attained them, and envenomed arrows to our hearts when… — Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
Fishing seems to be divided, like sex, into three unequal parts: anticipation and recollection and, in between, actual performance. — Arnold Gingrich Copy Share Image
The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don't have it well designed! — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. [Like they say, 'Every cloud has a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I am honoured to be asked to take on this role, especially as it comes at such an integral time for our… — Paul Boateng Copy Share Image
“Before or After? Fern: Before, anticipation is usually better than the real thing. Ambrose: After. The real thing, when done right, is… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
The so called unconscious inferences can be traced back to the all-preserving memory, which presents us with parallel experiences and hence already… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Talking is great, but don't ignore the value of listening. Pay attention to the words being spoken. Some people just love the… — Amaka Imani Nkosazana Copy Share Image
All I know is that the stable is empty, and the horse is gone. The rest I don't know. Whether [in the… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
If you want to be happy, set yourself a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. Happiness… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
“Look beyond that light,' says my father. 'Look hard and you'll see people filing into the theater. You'll see ushers run up… — Elena Gorokhova Copy Share Image
Let a man choose what condition he will, and let him accumulate around him all the goods and gratifications seemingly calculated to… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
One of the big misconceptions is that affairs or trysts are flings about sex. And sometimes they are, but much more often… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
Reading was only part of the thrill that a book represented. I got a dizzy pleasure from the weight and feel of… — Debra Ginsberg Copy Share Image
With lacquerware there is an extra beauty in that moment between removing the lid and lifting the bowl to the mouth, when… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“I will tell you why; so shall my anticipation Prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the king And queen moult no… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“It was strange though, that after that whole build-up, after the last bastion of "mustn't get in his vehicles", of being warned,… — Anna Burns Copy Share Image